2001 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 56 kg
| 2001 World Weightlifting Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Men | Women | |
| 56 kg | 48 kg | |
| 62 kg | 53 kg | |
| 69 kg | 58 kg | |
| 77 kg | 63 kg | |
| 85 kg | 69 kg | |
| 94 kg | 75 kg | |
| 105 kg | +75 kg | |
| +105 kg | ||
The 2001 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Antalya, Turkey from November 4 to November 11. The men's competition in the bantamweight (56 kg) division was staged on 4 November 2001.
Medalists
[edit]| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Halil Mutlu (TUR) |
137.5 kg |  William Vargas (CUB) |
127.5 kg |  Wang Shin-yuan (TPE) |
122.5 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Halil Mutlu (TUR) |
162.5 kg | Wang Shin-yuan (TPE) |
157.5 kg | Sergio Álvarez (CUB) |
150.0 kg |
| Total | Halil Mutlu (TUR) |
300.0 kg | Wang Shin-yuan (TPE) |
280.0 kg | William Vargas (CUB) |
277.5 kg |
Records
[edit]Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | Halil Mutlu (TUR) |
138.0 kg | Sydney, Australia | 16 September 2000 |
| Clean & Jerk | Halil Mutlu (TUR) |
168.0 kg | Trenčín, Slovakia | 24 April 2001 | |
| Total | Halil Mutlu (TUR) |
305.0 kg | Sydney, Australia | 16 September 2000 |
Results
[edit]| Rank | Athlete | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | ||||
 |
Halil Mutlu (TUR) |
55.96 | 132.5 | 138.5 | — | |
162.5 | |
300.0 | ||
 |
Wang Shin-yuan (TPE) |
55.38 | 122.5 |  |
152.5 | 157.5 | |
280.0 | |||
|
William Vargas (CUB) |
55.98 | 122.5 | 125.0 | 127.5 | |
155.0 | 4 | 277.5 | ||
| 4 | Sedat Artuç (TUR) |
55.72 | 120.0 | 122.5 | 4 | 147.5 | 5 | 270.0 | |||
| 5 | Sergio Álvarez (CUB) |
55.84 | 117.5 | 7 | 150.0 | |
267.5 | ||||
| 6 |  Vitali Dzerbianiou (BLR) |
55.86 | 115.0 | 120.0 | 6 | 140.0 | 147.5 | 6 | 267.5 | ||
| 7 |  László Tancsics (HUN) |
55.48 | 115.0 | 120.0 | 5 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 7 | 265.0 | ||
| 8 |  Diego Salazar (COL) |
55.76 | 115.0 | 8 | 140.0 | 10 | 255.0 | ||||
| 9 |  Víctor Castellano (VEN) |
55.82 | 110.0 | 10 | 140.0 | 142.5 | 9 | 252.5 | |||
| 10 |  Thandava Murthy Muthu (IND) |
55.76 | 100.0 | 107.5 | 110.0 | 9 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 11 | 245.0 | |
| 11 |  Alejandro Romo (MEX) |
55.82 | 95.0 | 100.0 | 12 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 12 | 230.0 | ||
| 12 |  Mohammed Abdul-Monem (IRQ) |
55.92 | 102.5 | 11 | 110.0 | 122.5 | 127.5 | 13 | 230.0 | ||
| 13 |  Agshin Mirzayev (AZE) |
55.82 | 92.5 | 100.0 | 13 | 117.5 | 14 | 217.5 | |||
| — |  Wang Yingtong (CHN) |
55.78 | — | 142.5 | 8 | — | |||||
New records
[edit]| Snatch | 138.5 kg | Halil Mutlu (TUR)
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